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The woman's films that were produced in the 1930s during the Great Depression have a strong thematic focus on class issues and questions of economic survival whereas the 1940s woman's film places its protagonists in a middle- or upper-middle-class world and is more concerned with the characters' emotional, sexual, and psychological experiences ...
The table below shows a breakdown by sector of jobs held by women in 1940 and 1950. Women overwhelmingly worked in jobs segmented by sex. Women were still highly employed as textile workers and domestic servants, but the clerical and service field greatly expanded. This tertiary sector was more socially acceptable, and many more educated women ...
The role of women's films was discussed at the Women's Liberation Conference in Melbourne in 1970, [108] and groups such as the Feminist Film Workers collective (1970s and 1980s), Sydney Women"s Film Group (SWFG, 1972–), Melbourne Women's Film Group (1973–), Reel Women (1979 to 1983 in Melbourne), and Women's Film Unit (Sydney and Melbourne ...
The Big Operator (1959 film) Billy Elliot; Bitter Rice; Black Fury (film) Blood Feud (1983 film) Blue Collar (film) Boxcar Bertha; Brassed Off; Bread (1986 film) Bread and Roses (2000 film) Brothers (1929 film) Business as Usual (film)
800 women operatives and 4,000 workmen marched during a shoemaker's strike in Lynn, Massachusetts. 1863 (United States) The first railroad labor union, The Brotherhood of the Footboard (later renamed the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) is formed in Marshall, Michigan. [6] It is headed by William D. Robinson. [16] 1864 (Europe)
Kapitel (For Women: Chapter 1); writer and director: Cristina Perincioli – award-winning documentary fiction on a women's strike in Berlin; 1972 Sambizanga; director: Sarah Maldoror – feature film about the liberation movement in Angola; 1972 The Heartbreak Kid; director: Elaine May; 1972 The Other Side of the Underneath; director Jane Arden
Los Angeles non-profit The Film Collaborative has boarded Swedish director Tove Pils’ debut feature “Labor,” which is competing in the Nordic:Dox section at the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary ...
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